Definizione monolingua

wear

wear (third-person singular simple present wears, present participle wearing, simple past wore, past participle worn)

1. To carry or have equipped on or about ones body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.

   Hes wearing some nice pants today.

   She wore her medals with pride.

   Please wear your seatbelt.

   He was wearing his lunch after tripping and falling into the buffet.

2. To have or carry on ones person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.

   He wears eyeglasses.

   She wears her hair in braids.

3. To bear or display in ones aspect or appearance.

   She wore a smile all day.

   He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.

4. (colloquial, with ""it"") To overcome ones reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.

   I know you dont like working with him, but youll just have to wear it.

5. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.

   Youre going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes.

   The water has slowly worn a channel into these rocks.

   Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.

   Exile had worn the man to a shadow.

6. (intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.

   The tiles were wearing thin due to years of childrens feet.

7. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

   His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience.

   Toil and care soon wear the spirit.

   Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win.

8. (intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.

   Dont worry, this fabric will wear. These pants will last you for years.

   This color wears so well, I must have washed this sweater a thousand times.

   I have to say, our friendship has worn pretty well.

   Its hard to get to know him, but he wears well.

9. (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase ""wearing on (someone)"") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.

   Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.

10. (intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.

    wear on, wear away.

    As the years wore on, we seemed to have less and less in common.

11. (nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.

Wikipedia wear (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) (in combination) clothing (such as footwear)
2. (uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X

     Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing.

3. (uncountable) fashion

Definizione dizionario wear

	abbigliamento
	Clothing

	indossare
	to have on (clothes)

	usura
	Damage

durare

portare

abbigliare

calzare

consumare

consumo

continuare

durata

logoramento

logorare

logorio

mettere

uso

vestiario

vestire

vestirsi

vestito

Altri significati:

To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.

(intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.

put on (over head, usu. one’s own)

(uncountable) Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.

(uncountable) ( '''in combination''' ) Clothing (such as footwear).

To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

to diminish due to use

To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.

(uncountable) fashion

To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.

clothes; etc

(intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.

(to) put on

wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down)

wear (sword, decoration, etc.)

(nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.

hit (the mark)

to bring to other tack

to exhaust physically

To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.

(intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.

(intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase " '''wearing on (someone)''' ") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.

Fix clothes on your body and carry them.

catch (a cold)